| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Edward, My Son' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; also magazine extract with stills and commentary from the film version of the play (directed by George Cukor 1948)
Performed at His Majesty's Theatre, London, 30 May 1947; presented by Henry Sherek and Gilbert Miller; directed by Peter Ashmore; scenery by Joseph and Phil Harker; settings by Anthony Holland; The Grand Theatre, Leeds
On tour: 1949: The Embassy Theatre, Peterborough; The Empire Theatre, Swansea
America: The Martin Beck Theatre, New York, 30 Sep 1948; presented by Henry Sherek and Gilbert Miller; directed by Peter Ashmore
Casts: Robert Morley, Peggy Ashcroft, Leueen MacGrath, Patricia Hicks, Elspet Gray, D. A. Clarke Smith, Richard Caldicot, John Robinson, James Cairncross, Waldo Sturrey, Norman Pitt, John Allen, Nancy Poultney, Ernest Clark, Angela Dowding, Gerald Barton, Peter Madden, John Derrick, John Hussey, Nicholas Tanner, Leslie Parker, John Hayter, Angela Buckland, Janet Butler, Adrianne Allen, Ian Hunter, Pauline Letts, John Clements, Irene Worth, Harriette Johns, Basil Sydney, Sally Cooper, Joyce Howard
Cast for film version: Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Mervyn Johns, Walter Fitzgerald, Leueen McGrath |